Sherrol Reynolds Named Optometry Professor of the Year

Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry (NSUCO) is proud to announce that Dr. Sherrol Reynolds, O.D., has been recognized as the Optometry Professor of the Year and is nominated for the President’s Distinguished Professor Award of Excellence for 2023.

Reynolds is a professor and an alum of NSUCO in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and a graduate of the University of Florida. She serves as chief of the Davie Primary Care Clinic and director of the Retina Clinic.

“Dr. Sherrol Reynolds wears many hats within our optometry department,” said some of Reynolds’ students. “In these positions, she has helped mold the minds of my classmates and myself into exceptional future optometric physicians.”

She has received several awards such as the National Optometric Association (NOA) NOA Optometrist of the Year in 2013, the Women in Optometry Leadership Award in 2021, the American Optometric Association (AOA) 2021 President’s Award, and the inaugural 2022 American Academy of Optometry Foundation Excellence in Diversity Awareness and Education Award.

Currently, she is a planning group member for the National Eye Institute National Eye Health Education Board (NEHEP) and co-chair of the Eye Health, My Health: Eye Health for African Americans.

Posted 11/26/23